This was the "Sitting Park" that was created in the empty lot
over the IND Subway terminal at Perry Avenue and 205th Street in
1955. The old lot had been a great play area since its creation
in 1936 when the subway was built. I am not sure what was there
before then.

--Charles A. Warren

This is a photo of my sister Anne and me at Joyland. It was
probably taken around 1957.

This is a postcard from the early 1950's of Shorehaven Beach
Club on Soundview Avenue in the Bronx. I went there, I worked
there, my father helped build it and my grandfather was the
Supervisor of the workers. My father's cousin, Edwin Booth, was
also one of the owners partners along with Doc Goodstein.

--Diane Saitta

Here is another postcard from the early 1950's of Shorehaven
Beach Club on Soundview Avenue in the Bronx.

--Diane Saitta

This is a photograph of my grandfather's restaurant in the Bronx
in the 1940s. His name was George Paturas and the
restaurant was located in the Norwood section of the Bronx on
Bainbridge Avenue just off the southwest corner of 206th
Street and Bainbridge Avenue.

--Jim Paturas

Here is a picture of the benches that ran along the 3500 block of
Bruckner Boulevard between Roberts and Buhre Avenues. The
picture was taken in 1950. Beyond the benches was Pelham Bay
Park. The picture is notable because it is how this area looked
before Interstate 95 took over the area.

--Patty

Editor's Note: The car in the foreground appears to be a brand-new 1950 Chevy Styline Deluxe Bel Air.

This was the wonderful five story building that I grew up in
back in the 50s and 60s. We had two apartments on the fifth
floor because we were a large family. My parents were from Italy
and they needed a girl to name after their parents. So
after giving birth to seven boys my sister finally arrived and
they stopped. We had a four-room and a three-room apartment
across the hall on the top floor in the back. The address was
237 East 150th Street between Morris and Park Avenues. The
owner had an Italian grocery store on the ground floor where we
got our bread, milk, soda, beans and other items. Up the
street you can see the tower of the Immaculate Conception Church
which is still there. Our neighborhood was ninety-percent
Italian immigrants where we celebrated three street festivals
every year. They were Saint Silverio, Santa Sofia and Saint Antonio.

--Settimo DiDonato

I took this photo from the Fordham Road uptown 4 el station in
1985. The view looks east along Fordham Road past Walton
Avenue towards East 188th Street. On the left the theater that
used to be the Lido is showing "Johnny Dangerously." I
was a boy when I lived on Walton Avenue and attended PS 33.

--Stephen S.

This photo looks north along Walton Avenue towards Fordham Road
in 1985. PS 33, not visible in this picture, was on the left
side of the street.

--Stephen S.

This 1985 photo shows the back of PS 33 on Walton Avenue with
building 2445 to its right. We used to play in the school's
sunken courtyard and attend the after-school 'center'
activities. In nice weather in 60s and 70s everyone brought out
lawn chairs and sat by the school fence chatting well into the
night. We kids would run around the corner to Jerome Avenue
for pizza, soft pretzels, knishes, or hamburgers at the Telstar.